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Title: Beren and Lúthien.Series: The Great Tales of Middle-Earth #2. Writer(s): J.R.R. Tolkien.Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: June 1st, 2017.Pages: 285.Genre(s): Fantasy.ISBN13: 9781328791825. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ “I Beren, a huntsman of the Noldoli, will fulfil thy small desire.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Almost a century later, the son of the legendary fantasy … Continue reading Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
Title: The Ersatz Elevator.Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events #6. Writer(s): Lemony Snicket.Illustrator(s): Brett Helquist. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: February 20th, 2001.Pages: 259.Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult.ISBN13: 9780064408646. My Overall Rating: ★★★★ Previously in A Series of Unfortunate Events series:The Bad Beginning (Book #1).The Reptile Room (Book #2).The Wide Window (Book #3).The Miserable Mill (Book … Continue reading The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
Title: The Children of Húrin.Series: The Great Tales of Middle-Earth #1. Writer(s): J.R.R. Tolkien.Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: April 16th, 2007.Pages: 313.Genre(s): Fantasy.ISBN13: 9780618894642. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ Originally conceived as a long poem structured with the ancient English alliterative metre, epic fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien abandoned this ambitious writing project known … Continue reading The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien
Title: The Austere Academy.Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events #5. Writer(s): Lemony Snicket.Illustrator(s): Brett Helquist. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: August 8th, 2000.Pages: 201.Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult.ISBN13: 9780064408639. My Overall Rating: ★★★★ Previously in A Series of Unfortunate Events series:The Bad Beginning (Book #1).The Reptile Room (Book #2).The Wide Window (Book #3).The Miserable Mill (Book … Continue reading The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Title: The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Editor(s): Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: October 1st, 2015.Pages: 240.Genre(s): Fantasy, Art.ISBN13: 9780544636347. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ What is The Art of The Lord of the Rings about? To celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Lord of the … Continue reading The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Title: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Writer(s): Shehan Karunatilaka. Publisher: Sort of Books.Format: Digital.Release Date: August 4th, 2022.Pages: 406.Genre(s): Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy.ISBN13: 9781908745903. My Overall Rating: ★★★★ Despite humankind's unquenchable thirst for knowledge, a desire to always obtain the absolute truth, it can also take the form of a deadly trap, an inescapable and … Continue reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Title: The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Editor(s): Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull. Publisher: William Morrow.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: September 18th, 2012.Pages: 144.Genre(s): Fantasy, Art.ISBN13: 9780547928258. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ What is The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien about? To celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, this fully-commented art book collects writer … Continue reading The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Title: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog.Series: Three Men #1. Writer(s): Jerome K. Jerome. Publisher: Penguin.Format: Mass Market Paperback.Release Date: April 5th, 2012.Original Release Date: January 1st, 1889.Pages: 176.Genre(s): Classics, Fiction, Humour.ISBN13: 9780241956823. My Overall Rating: ★★ Who could ever say no to a holiday away from the stresses of life, … Continue reading Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome
Title: Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien. Writer(s): J.R.R. Tolkien.Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Format: Slipcase - Hardcover.Release Date: December 14th, 2021.Pages: 104.Genre(s): Fantasy, Art.ISBN13: 9780358653042. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ What is Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien about? It is an art book with the sole purpose of collecting all the pictures (paintings, drawings, and designs) conceived by author … Continue reading Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
Title: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth. Writer(s): J.R.R. Tolkien.Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien.Illustrator(s): Alan Lee, John Howe & Ted Nasmith. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: October 20th, 2020.Original release date: October 1st, 1980.Pages: 528.Genre(s): Fantasy.ISBN13: 9780358448921. My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ Published after The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien achieves a similar posthumous feat in collecting … Continue reading Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien
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